Eruption by: Rob H

[thx1966]

Rob,,i am so glad you still have this video up..This is my absolute favorite home video done by anyone covering Eruption.IMO even better than Eddie's late versions he does live.

[Rob487]

@thx1966 Wow thanks! I've seen very good versions of Eruption on youtube and not sure mine even compares to them but thanks. Actually, I don't think I could still play it lol.

[Craigman65]

Sweet tone! Not so over the top like most

[chagoyajaime]

is that a floyd rose

[Rob487]

Nope... stock trem

[oxykotor]

Perfect.

[UnbuttonMyLevis]

Btw..Forgot To Ask..

Are Those Levi's You're Wearing?  :-)

Grrrrrrrrrr lol

[Kyouwa]

Wow! Well done dude :) How do you manage to make the tapping so clear? I end up getting a load of noise ( from the other strings maybe?)

[Rob487]

Thanks! You can maybe try muting other strings with your palm... I think it's just practice. As far as tone setting.... I'm using the Line6 Podxt-live so if you have this and want the patch send me a message and I'll let ya know where you can get it from. Thanks for the comments!

[Kyouwa]

nah i don't have that. But thanks for the tip dude. I'll work on it next time i'm practising!

Thanks for the help! :D

[FinalFrontier0]

the tone is perfect!!!

[sweetgirl32772]

Hey there Rob, I think it is the best. I cant get enough of it. You really need to put more stuff on here. And Cant wait until ya do. Truely love it hun. xoxoxo your #1 fan( u know who I am)lol

[thojyout23]

whats your tone settings

[vonkalasson]

hi. nice bit of tampin.kool kind regrads tony vk.out of the shdaowz

[fraz300]

it wasnt the worst it wasnt the greatest but it was good :)

[PhantomKode]

Nice straticoster

[belbn]

That was perfect! Almost like the record.

[vonkalasson]

like your style some what steve vai,,und joy satriani.love to hear you play cross roads .kied regards tony vonkalasson

[zzzcvbn2000]

How awesome!! You know what else i think is awesome is that you actually reply to alot of these fans and people of yours and most people on youtube don't i think thats awesome, the little things count!

[Rob487]

Thanks! I try to reply to as many as I can...I know it's frustrating to ask a question and never get an answer.

[thx1966]

Hello Rob , Great technique!Wondering if you would tell me your settings on the Line6 PodXT Live to get that brown sound accurate ?

thanks for the info.

[Rob487]

Thanks! If you want the tone patch go to instituteofnoise dot com, search under patches/Author: Rob Hodges. Thanks again.

[cfx5000]

I first comented on this clip over a year ago and had to come back to watch it again. sick awesome!

[Rob487]

Thanks again! Much appreciated

[Rob487]

Thanks for all the comments! I get the sound from a fender mexican strat with a seymour duncan hot rails pickup in the bridge through the Line6 PodXT Live

[robrechtmathues]

how do you create brown sound?

[guitarsmark]

wow.. that was a really good job on that.. a load of practise ....

[51504life]

Never get tired of watching this video man. It's unreal how it sounds just like the album. 5 STARS for sure. Amazing Tone too.

[BENCHPRESSMAN]

good job

[sth22klv]

...............Beautiful!

[sportsportsport]

amazing.

[billby2006]

Well Done. One of the few good covers of this I have seen on here.

[firehawk97]

AMAZING 5 Stars easy!!

[motorcycleinsurance]

dude, your tapping sounded almost the same as eddie's!!! that was amazing

[kevyp12]

yah. i just finished making a comment on another video on how the tapping was to fast and it was rushed but this one is perfect!!!!!!!!

[homecrisp56]

a little sloppy in the begginning but your really good 9/10

[cfx5000]

are you insane?

[Rob487]

???

[cfx5000]

Sorry, I hit the wrong reply. Someone critiqued your performance rather ignorantly in my opinion and I mean't to reply on that comment.

[Rob487]

no prob

[eloco007]

thnks

[eloco007]

dude , wath piups do u use?

[Rob487]

Seymour Duncans. JB Jr. pup in neck and Hotrails pup in bridge.

[199191]

sp wat distortion pedal u using? no fender stock sounds like that

[Rob487]

Line6 Podxt-live

[michaelslash0]

Great job! What kind of Mexican Strat and what amp and pedals are you using? Thanks.

[Rob487]

Thanks! Just a 00'-01' Mexi Strat. Modded a little with Seymour Duncans. JB Jr. pup in neck and Hotrails pup in bridge. Playing through Line6 Podxt-live and M-audio BX8a monitors.

[Tiduz]

this is so awesome, id like to see some more vids of other songs cause you rock! :)

[Sickboy5150]

You nailed it. Nice job!

[paigethe2nd]

Thats nice.. where'd you get the tabs? Could you send me them? :D

[DDRn3ss]

lol. teh mexicans. rock on \m/ >_<\m/

[DDRn3ss]

nice job man. what guitar is that? :)

lots of stratocaster dubs

[Rob487]

Thanks! Fender Mexican Strat.

[theratfarmer]

video is fuzzy, sounds pretty good. clean up the video and call me back.

[germanCARSarecool]

you're the best person i've seen covering "eruption". i love your fender strat. perfect tone.

[bubbawad]

I agree - awesome job - check out Cesar Heusca's too!

[prebensoerensen93]

you are awesome

[robrechtmathues]

cool!:D

[pjicleanair]

u crazy man u must have practiced that alot over the years cuz it is perfect nice

[pjicleanair]

fender strat..nice..u sounded great..give ol eddie a run for his money

[martyn448]

that was fat man!!!! rock on

[stupidboy6699]

awsome!!!!!

[ediek915]

fukin amazing! PERFECT tone, perfect technique... unbelivable!

[RockFanForLyfe31]

BOW DOWN!!!

[fraz300]

Whoa that was good , can you read music or did u get that off tabs

[Rob487]

thanks.... tabs. An earlier question - Learn to burn is where I got the tabs from.

[Sonicdreamcast]

That an Eric Clapton Strat?

[Rob487]

Nope. Just a Mexi strat.

[Squeeney]

simply amaziing man. awsome

[anarchytg]

damn that was good

u rock!!!

where did u get the tabs??

[kevinkyle46542]

that is the best evh tone i have ever heard from anyone except eddie

[rizzope42]

damn!!! you have the exact same fuckin tone!!! jesus dude... epic

[CaptainStabbin78]

Pretty good man I didn't find any errors really the whammy bar was great and everything.

[mlecuirot]

FU*! AWESOME,BEST VERSION YET

[Zeppelinizzer]

sweeeeeet job man, the only parts I still can't get are the thingy at 0:28 to 0:31 and parts of the tapping section

[Rob709]

this guy is almost a good as eddie himself kudos

[lawsmich587]

the tapping is phenomenal, great tone as well!!!!

[punkgirl911]

this guy is kick ass...he has everything right

[Rockdude89]

damn that rocks man!

[Brad8540]

my god man! i thought u just played it in the background and put your fingers on the guitar but thats amazing!~!!

[MetallicaDuke7769]

yah im pretty shure the EVH version is played a lil slower, so he didnt play it in the background... how bout u quit being so jealous and stfu?

[Sonicdreamcast]

He wasn't being jealous.

[raykonen]

so nice so close not so fast but so coooool, you're an E.t to me; just like Eddy.

[johndoe91011]

nice!!

[nickistheman12345]

Damn thats sick man. I love how you get every little detail that EVH plays and you do the bends pretty damn close too.

[clockworklemon]

very nice man

[LOPID400]

NICE JOB

[pizzahaleem]

Hey Rob, What Humbuckers are you using... Dimarzio Tonezone, or super distorion?

[Rob487]

SD Hotrails-bridge

SD JB jr.- neck

[scottybojangles]

you prolly already have for kicks but if u havent try it on yur acoustic i see in the background it sounds cool also if u do post vid

[ledzeppelin12344]

holy shit.

please teach me- its so hard! PM ME!!!

[KoRnMetalGuy]

nice video man

[saucyshadow]

damn man this is really good

8^)

[cart2kyle]

dude your pretty good at eruption ive been trying to get it for about 3 weeks now its difficult haha

[DragoonPhoenix]

how the heck do u play this? just by ear? or what?

[METMAN92towhoknows]

*mouth ajar* duuuuuude ... TEEAACH MEEE

[tigsol73]

Pinches Envidiosos

[geetahshreda]

You did hte tapping part WAY too fast

[Rob487]

actually it's not fast enough.... listen to the original again.

[geetahshreda]

When I do it at a slower speed than you it sounds dead on but who knows

[Sonicdreamcast]

It's damn close.

[popcownplaya]

Yes man i agree with 51504life! This is the closest you can get to eddie by far on the site. I havent watched all of the vids but from what ive seen this is top notch! Only thing you need to work on is speed and that will come in time. Practice it and youll have it down perfect for sure.

[lnlmyers]

this is great but most of the parts need to be done faster otherwise its almost perfect

[ryan0811]

Rob hook me up with that patch you've got going..

[degenerationt]

wa inda humbuckers u usin u good but dem humbuckers will make u sound betta

[JSstrat]

what kind of pickup in the bridge position? how else have you achieved the brown sound?

[Rob487]

Here's my equipment list:

Fender Strat 2001(mexican) with SD Hotrails pickup in bridge and SD JB jr. pickup in neck, (planet waves Auto-trim tuning machines).

Line6 Podxt-live (if you have this and want the link to the patch I made let me know).

M-Audio BX8a powered monitors (In this video I'm running through the pc speakers).

Thats it! nothing special.

[ledzep110]

i find it hard to beleive that he does those divebombs with a stratocaster and it stays in tune.

[Rob487]

a properly set up guitar is key. locking tuners help some. also, if you notice... i don't dive quite as far as EVH does so as to not go out of tune.

[geetahshreda]

he's using locking tuners

[tuchin101]

GREAT!! Not a perfect performance but the TONE is dead on, man!

[gamma105]

holy shit, that is fucking AMAZING!!! you GOT the brown sound DOWN! are you sure you are not EVH in disguise?!!

[51504life]

WOW this guy sounds just like Eddie, great job and you got the tone down too. Best Eruption on You Tube without a doubt. What amp are you using?

[51504life]

Man if this guy doesn't sound like Eddie. Wow and you got the tone down too. Best Eruption on YouTube without a doubt.

[fersuels89]

that was real good!

haha tapping is the ebst form to impress or no? :p

did a great job!

[synRockS]

wow great that's beautiful finally some great stuff!

[darkxhino]

good beserk

[olepman]

you have done your homework,,thats for sure.i have heard many people play this tune,,but not with all the right detals as your,s.Keep up the good work.

[maxfriesen]

u rock my socks

off

[hebrewhammer456]

OMFG

[hamtheman222]

FUCK ME! dude eddie would have a run for his money that was awsome

[evilguitar666]

wow, that was good just used to much wammy

[spknt]

aha! you do use a whammi bar, i never attempted it because i suck, but i was curious, great job btw! =D

[henryunderwood]

how long did this take you? i picked up a guitar yesterday and i cant believe u can do that

[Rob487]

i made this video about 2 months after learning it. i'm still working on getting it smooth and to speed.

[kyeno]

kick ass dude, i got that same guitar, but with just plain fender pickups. i'm workin on the song myself, i hope to have it done pretty soon, kinda lazy lol

[51504life]

WOW... Great Eruption cover Rob. Sounds just like the album. More videos please.

[brendo275]

thanks

[brendo275]

what amp are you using?

[Rob487]

Here's my equipment list:

Fender Strat 2001(mexican) with SD Hotrails pickup in bridge and SD JB jr. pickup in neck, (planet waves Auto-trim tuning machines).

Line6 Podxt-live (if you have this and want the link to my patch let me know).

M-Audio BX8a powered monitors (In this video I'm running through the pc speakers).

Thats it! nothing special.

[Thurman91]

holy crap, thats so awesome, i thought u would suck cuz it says "my attempt at Eruption" but u just pwned the song. i can never get that down on my strat, but u played it flawlessly. eddie would be proud

[somoceusz]

Wow...Awesome dude...

[Exalion418]

woah....a bit slow in most parts but beautiful tone =)

[RubberPaperPlastic]

just a little faster on the beggining and it would have been completely identicle

[brendo275]

holy crap, thats so frickin good i wish i could play like that, eruption is my favorite guitar solo, and u play it just like eddie, rock on ma amigo

[teteee73]

nice work

[chasercats]

The sound you have is the closest VH sound Ive ever heard including mine and Ive tried for years. I can play it much better but you do sound good also, Keep it up !

[danh5150]

Great work! Keep posting ;)

BTW...that's a pretty heavy tone for a Fender. Are those vertical humbuckers?

[msandonato23]

your "attempt at eruption" ha yeah ok more like your extreme pwnage of eruption ill say =D

[chasercats]

That was obviously him playing it and not some bootleg, the sound he has is perfect. The playing is pretty good to but not anything special

[oyisi07]

men dude that was the shit good job almost sounds like the original

[oyisi07]

Men dude that was freakin almost like the original good stuff...

[ravenrose89]

The first two fast runs arent very right and distinct..but its still great stuff man. Rock on!

[jcirillo87]

ey man that was kick ass... how u get such a nice sound outta that strat???

[luvchile69]

downright nasty my man, you nailed it!

[SlashS]

Great, it sound like EVH

[Flabernat]

VERY NICE! Good Job

[zakko69]

hey man thatz heeps good, big fan of Eddie. Any advice on playing like him?

[packers93]

dang dude that was great

[brennoLopes]

WOW!

[familyguynyy]

awesome job. the only people who can compete with that are eddie van halen himself, and this guy on this video poster by "the sidster" on you tube, the video is called guitar solo " freakin awesome guitar solo and the guy sounds just like you and eddie. its insane how the guitar can make someone a god of music just by pulling some strings and pressing down on a fret board! keep rockin dude! thats amazing!

[jennamarie91493]

heyy. i no who you

are. lol, but wow.

i didnt no you were

that good. lol

[jasonsfrigganuser]

AMAZAZING

[Sh3nanigans]

thats amazing, thats so good, good for you man

[BeyondZeGrave]

Great Job. Excelent, Perfect, Flawless.

[moribund09]

Can I have your autograph?

[Master12616]

that is the best guitar riff i've ever seen. sounded exactly like the song. nice job

[XoCingularoX]

WoW... I'm practically speechless... Good Job :)

[stoogenum01]

your attempt?..its like you freaking wrote the solo...amazing

[slapmyasncallmebetsy]

hey eddie!

[dijh]

cool. best youtube-guitar video I've seen for awhile.

[nabilsi]

that was the shit

[kkohlbacher]

Bravo sir

[Tazerz]

the playing was incredible, and the sound quality was suspiciously good for a camera that had poor focus and FPS... so i'm sceptical :P

if it's real, i'm reeeeally impressed.

[Rob487]

Thanks, yeah the camera is just a cheap crappy webcam but the audio comes straight from the podxt-live to the pc via USB connection. Thanks again everyone for the great comments!

[RRViper800TT]

dude, thank you. FINALLY somebody who can play it. nice ass job

[maxfriesen]

i agree fully.Very good job. You might want to steed up some parts though

[Sonicdreamcast]

That was good, but you did it on a good guitar, that's a Strat. I have a GAX70, and managed it.

[jimncyn14]

Eddie? Is that you? Great Job!

[TLO421]

thats so sick!

[cirokiller]

bastaddu ca si!!! complimenti

[nsfmf2000]

you sure this isnt eddie? great job

[Sonicdreamcast]

Very nice! Don't believe it, but you're only like a note off at the most!

[angusyoungsg]

you are a god

[warehouselarry]

That's the closest thing to the real deal that I've seen on YT yet...good job, bud.

[RonniePeterson]

Now play it without the record?

[biatxch]

excellent !! 4.7/5 = 94%

[guitarfreak971]

wow that is amasing you got the tonw PERFECT and the notes all right